The Ghost of Osama bin Laden
By Ralph Nader (The imagined conversation between the Ghost of Osama bin Laden and President Barack Obama) The Ghost of Osama bin Laden swirled into the Oval Office where Barack Obama was spending the evening […]
Month: April 2012
UK Supermarket Shuns Israeli-settlement Goods
The Co-Operative Group, a British supermarket chain, is extending a boycott of goods from illegal Israeli settlements and will now shun any supplier known to source from these areas, a statement has said. "Following an audit […]
Abbas, Fayyad Discuss Cabinet Reshuffle
President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad have this week been discussing the details of a cabinet reshuffle, Palestinian Authority sources told Ma’an on Monday. Fayyad will reportedly remain prime minister but […]
Jailed Palestinians Hunger Strike Case to Go to UN: Meshaal
Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal says the case of the ongoing mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails will be referred to the UN. Meshaal said in Cairo on Sunday that he had agreed […]
Israeli Military Building Wall along Lebanon Border
The Israeli military has begun building a wall along part of its border with Lebanon to avoid what it called ”frictions” in the area. According to Israeli sources, the cement wall would be several meters […]
American Methodists Must Be Fearless about Divestment
By Stuart Littlewood Why is the United Methodist Church apparently making such heavy weather of voting for divestment from corporates – specifically Caterpillar, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard – that profiteer from the brutal Israeli occupation of […]
The Struggle for Power in Jordan
By Ali Younes When Jordan’s Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh took office six months ago, he was hailed as a much needed reformer with a clean slate in Jordanian politics after spending 10 years as a […]
Madeleine Albright Gets Humanitarian Award
By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.’ (Madeleine Albright, 1937 – ) As the anniversary of probably one of the most infamous responses in broadcasting […]
Not A Happy 64th B’day Israel!
By Samah Sabwai Peeling off the artificial sugar layers and the dazzling celebratory ornaments, Israel on its 64th birthday stands fragile, isolated and exposed in a way it has never been since its foundation. This […]
Jabal-Nablus, a Page from Palestine’s History
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Prior to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, the ancient City of Nablus had been a Palestinian principal trade and manufacturing center for centuries. Nablus natural beauty captured the imagination of […]
Mass March in Gaza for Prisoners
Palestinian prisoners continued their hunger strike for the 11th consecutive day in protest of Israeli policy. A mass march went out in Gaza City, which was called by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to support the […]
Russia Concerned over Legalization of Israeli Settlements
Russia has expressed concern over a recent Israeli decision to legalize three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday, saying Moscow is “treating this information with serious […]
Mansour: Settlements Prove Israel Rejects 1967 Borders
The PLO ambassador at the United Nations on Wednesday condemned Israeli settlement activity in a series of letters to senior UN officials. "There have been confirmations by the UN Security Council and General Assembly, Human […]
Israel General Says Iran Atomic Bomb Unlikely
Israel’s military chief has signalled a softening of his country’s line on Iran, saying that he does not believe Iran will decide to produce an atomic bomb and describing its leadership as "very rational". In the […]
It’s Revolution Again in Egypt
By Shahira Amin – Cairo Tens of thousands of protesters returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a massive demonstration Friday (April 20) demanding that the ruling military generals immediately hand over power to a civilian […]
War Machines
By Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace What would you do with $1,738 billion (US dollars)? If you were told you had to spend it this year on making people safer, what would you spend it on? $1, […]
UN Criticizes Israel for Legalizing Settlements
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has criticized the Israeli government for legalizing the status of three illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. "All settlement activity is illegal under international law," said Ban on Tuesday, adding that […]
‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Released on Bail
Non-violence activist Bassem Tamimi was released on bail late Tuesday after spending 13 months in prison, a popular committee said. Tamimi, from Ramallah-district village Nabi Saleh, has been recognized as a human rights defender by […]
Sudan Conflict: War is Not an Option
By Ramzy Baroud In a statement published last July, Amnesty International called on UN member states to control arm shipments to both Sudan and South Sudan. It accused the US, Russia and China of fuelling […]
Semitizing
By Susan Abulhawa Roses are redand Israel is Semitizing: ApartheidSo Equality is anti-Semitic War crimesSo International Law is Anti-Semitic InjusticeSo Justice is anti-Semitic OccupationSo Freedom is anti-Semitic MilitarismSo Peace is anti-Semitic Violets are blue – Susan […]
Erekat: PLO to Ask UNSC for Settlement Censure
PLO official Saeb Erekat said Tuesday that Palestinian leaders are examining ways to secure a resolution from the UN Security Council condemning Israeli settlement building, after Israel gave legal sanction to three settler outposts. In […]
Palestinians Hold Rally in WB to Support Prisoners
Palestinians have gathered in the city of Bireh in the central West Bank to express support for prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. Palestinian demonstrators gathered in front of the International Committee of the […]
Israel Approves Three West Bank Settlements
Israel has approved three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said in a statement. At a meeting late on Monday, a ministerial committee "decided to formalize the […]
Families in Gaza Move into New UN-built Shelters
More than 1,300 Palestinians living in Gaza’s Khan Younis camp will move into 223 housing units built by the United Nations agency assisting refugees in that area, with the financial support the Netherlands, it was […]
Israeli Court Rejects Hunger-strikers Detention Appeal
An Israeli military court on Monday refused an appeal by long-term hunger-strikers Thaer Halahla and Bilal Diyab to end their detention without charge, prisoners groups said. Muhjat al-Quds society for the defense of prisoners said […]
Egypt Terminates Gas Deal with Israel
The head of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has said it has terminated its contract to ship gas to Israel because of violations of contractual obligations, a decision Israel said overshadowed the peace agreement […]
Israel FM Visits Azerbaijan with Iran on Top of Agenda
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is visiting Baku amid reports that Tel Aviv may use Azerbaijan’s soil to launch a military attack against Iran. Lieberman arrived in Baku on Sunday to hold talks with Azeri […]
The Prisoners In Gaza: Their Blackout Nightmare
By Ralph Nader Have you heard much lately about the 1.5 million Palestinians illegally imprisoned by the Israeli government in the world’s largest open-air Gulag? Their dire living conditions, worsened by a selective Israeli siege […]
Palestine and Its People: Understanding the Past
By William James Martin It is impossible to understand the present Palestinian/Israeli conflict without understanding the past, in particular, the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe, who are not Semitic […]
Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine
Reviewed by Jim Miles (Side by Side – Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine. Ed. Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Eyal Naveh. New Press, New York, 2012.) This is an intriguing work of historical writing. For the parameters […]
